Amends Land Registration Act; funds judiciary and lands bureau

The Bureau of Lands is authorized to employ up to twenty-five surveyors specifically for surveying work related to the Court of Land Registration.
Surveyors employed for the court shall not be assigned other work by the Bureau of Lands while needed by the court.
When not required by the court, surveyors may be assigned other Bureau tasks.
Surveyors must be qualified and subject to Civil Service rules and regulations.
Salaries range between one thousand and three thousand pesos per annum.

Surveyors prepare or verify all maps and plats of properties under application for title registration.
Duties align with provisions of the Land Registration Act and relevant amendments.
Surveyors must ensure prompt handling of court business and comply with orders from the court or Bureau of Lands.

Surveyors must notify adjoining property owners in advance of survey dates and times for boundary inspection and objections.
All objections by adjoining owners must be documented with detailed descriptions of claimed boundaries.
Temporary monuments must be placed to define boundaries during demarcation.
Maps must reflect boundaries claimed by applicants and protesting owners.
The court decides which boundary claim is correct and assesses survey costs accordingly:
- If applicant's boundary is correct, extra survey costs fall on the protestant(s).
- If protestant's boundary is correct, survey cost is assessed against the applicant.
Survey work continues despite objections or complaints.

Private surveyors conducting surveys for title registration must comply with notice and reporting requirements.
They must submit reports, surveys, maps, and plats to the Bureau of Lands for verification.
Private surveyors must pass a civil-service examination or a Bureau of Lands qualification exam before being authorized to survey for the court.

Surveys conducted by the Bureau of Lands shall be charged the fees prescribed under the Land Registration Act amendments.

Applications may include multiple parcels owned by the applicant, provided all are within the same province or city.
The court may order amendments to applications to strike out parcels or sever applications.

A total of two hundred and five thousand pesos is appropriated for the judiciary for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909.
Funds cover salaries for three additional judges, stenographers, clerks, surveyors, draftsmen, description clerks, translator, and messengers.
Funds also cover contingent expenses such as per diems, transportation, advertising notices, printing, supplies, furniture, and postage.
Ordinary court fees, except those for the sheriff and register of deeds, are suspended for the fiscal year; the judiciary receives substitute funding for lost fees.
Applicants pay expenses for public notices required by law.

One hundred and fifty thousand pesos is appropriated for the Bureau of Lands for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909.
Funds cover salaries for twenty-five surveyors, laborers, drafting supplies, equipment, subsistence, and transportation for field operations.